New Music: Missy Elliott – “Triple Threat” & “9th Inning”

Missy is warming up for her first album release in seven years by flexing her bravado and reasserting her place in hip-hop on two new releases titled, “Triple Threat” and “Ninth Inning”.

With some help from Timbaland on the production and contributing verse, Missy gets aggressive while reminding us that her ability to rap, dance and sing makes her a force to be reckoned with:

Guess who’s back. Yup, I’m the best/I’m that chick cuz I’m a triple threat/ 250 mill. Who can top that? I slap whoever say I’m irrelevant/ God, I’m pissed, mad and upset. Music is dead. We make it resurrect.

Meanwhile, On 9th Inning, Missy and Timbaland continue slaughtering the new music of today while boasting about what they’ve done in the music industry. Missy yells over the track, ‘How many of y’all got a catalog this long? Don’t worry, I’ll wait. Did y’all forget? I think y’all forgot. They think we done. All we do is make hits’ while Timbaland says in his verse:

Ain’t no real artist… […] All you hear in music is the chorus, but that’s okay Timmy’s back. End of story.

Take a listen to both tracks below:

Okay, here goes the honesty. There is something about ‘Triple Threat’ that sounds a little dated, like it could have been made about 6-8 years ago and then resurrected, however, I appreciate Missy’s wordplay. Especially, considering the type of Hip Hop that is getting played on the radio nowadays. Her flow is sick!

One of the things that is noticeably missing from both records is Missy’s signature vocals. Some of her hottest records featured her singing, and even though we got a taste of it on J. Cole’s “Nobody’s Perfect, she decided to focus solely on her lyrical ability on both of these tracks. (…Which is fine because she definitely had a lot to say].

Those arent the only rappers out…Rapsody is a female rapper with delivery…just not feeling these songs.I dont like NICKI or Rasheeda either…..I just know what I like…which is GOOD music..and this aint it.

I love 90s early 00’s sounding music….it Never sounds old or outdated to me…and Tim’s beats were always ahead of his time so all of them can knock even today!!! Thats why i loved Nobody’s Perfect, even tho Cole produced it, because it reminded me of that feeling…and Missy’s vocals slayed on that song : )

BUM all of yall naysayers i’m EXCITED about Missy! Her stuff always sounds different and new which is why everyone always gives her music the side eye but just like “Work It’ back in 2002 yall will be jammin to her ish SOON ENOUGH!

“I’m not a prostitute but i can give you what chu want” – Work It – Missy LOL

Some of y’all either stuck in the 90’s or are really desperate for another female rap artise besides Nicki Minj to be centre stage because no way in hell are these tracks hot. Keep it 1 hun’ed. Both these tracks sound like left overs from Missy’s last album. When was that again? Missy could definitely come harder than this the bars were weak and I seriously wanted to slap TImbaland. His voice overs were annoying.

+23 OMG³ Reply:September 18th, 2012 at 12:22 pm

Im just glad to see them back together doin their thing!

S_Cupcake Reply:September 18th, 2012 at 1:15 pm

These tracks sound like filler songs on an album. Especially Tripple Threat which sounds like an intro. I still like them though.

Any true Missy fan knows she doesn’t sing on every one of her songs, and she had plenty of songs she just rapped on. I also don’t think these songs sound dated per se’, but sound dated in the sense that its from missy and timbo. I can’t lie, I was expecting something different from them. I personally feel conflicted, one part of me wants the ’00 type of music and another part of me wants something different. But artist today take that “something different” and make these horrible dance tracks, so…I don’t know…I most certainly just rambled lol, but timbo and missy having something good and I don’t want them to mess it up by trying to be different for the sake of being different.

+5 southernBelle givinEm hell Reply:September 18th, 2012 at 4:22 pm

yall kno missys music used to have to rub off on you, after u listen to it numerous times you’ll love it

+3 Stiletto Vixen Reply:September 18th, 2012 at 1:12 pm

I LOVE MISSY!! I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR NEW MUSIC FROM HER SINCE AZZELEA BANKS TOOK HER STYLE!

Yeah I can’t quite figure out if it’s outdated or what but something is missing. I liked 9th inning a little bit better than triple threat but I couldn’t really listen to either one all the way through.

I disagree with both you and NB…how can you call this outdated, yet in the same breath say that she did not put down her signature vocals? She did not put her signature vocals on here, because she is doing something different! End of story…I could say more, but you lost me just on that one point…

When music evolves YOU evolve, equipments change…sounds producers use are new and updated……just because she came out in the 90s early 2000 doesnt mean she has to use the same equipment. If you dont know about protools or sounds on musical instruments and the new softwares to use for producing music then you wouldnt understand…..again she is very creative, but this is NOT her best work IN MY OPINION…..

trying to find out where I said she didnt put out her signature vocals?….it was wack to me… the majority of these people seem to like the song, hence why everyone who doesnt like it gets thumbs down!lolol..a few dislikes is not going to hurt her…some like it, some dont…shouldnt bother yall so much!lol

The music thats out today is recycled beats and lyrics and the the radio plays the same songs over n over n over n over. At least Missy & Tim are sticking to an original sound and not thirsty to get paid cuz they already beyond rich. Now if they would have put 2 chainz on either record w/the same beat same lyrics, ppl would say how hot the songz are. I’ma support Missy and Tim’s new music and cant wait to hear the other 10 new joints.

You all are putting people in a box with these opinions..not everyone is a fan of Nicki, 2chainz, and so forth…just because one doesnt like this song, doesnt mean they are a fan of the new day artists…just means I DONT LIKE THIS SONG….Simple…stop with the quick analyzing…

The great thing about Missy’s music when she came out was that her sound was unique.
Sure she’s super and amazing, but this sounds like everything else that’s out now. Even the content and style of the rhymes. Oh well…

missy always had tracks on her albums where she’s only spitting lyrics. enough with the bubble gum ***, kim is not here to play or to make y’all dumbasses dance, she’s here to take back her HIP HOP throne

I don’t think today’s hip hop has a signature sound (like early 2000s Neptunes & Timbo beats) so I don’t see how this can sound outdated. I mean ain’t Nicki, CBreezy, & Usher giving us pop records? Also, a lot of popular rap isn’t really saying anything lyrically. That said, it was cool but I wanna hear more. I know Missy can kill it if she wants because there’s nobody killing the female hip hop lane. Let’s be real.

Well said. Its some good stuff out there musically but the horrific bs that gets shoved down the publics throat has become the norm and if an artist puts out something different it gets harshly criticized

I do agree that this sounds like something she could have written 6-8 years ago, but why fix what isn’t broken? You all wanted her back, yet you wanted her to come back different? The only other route she could have taken would be the Nicki Minaj route, because either she sells out and copies what is making money right now, or she changes her sound to something so different that we no longer recognize her and we all know we would hate it. Anyway, to me it doesn’t sound dated, to me this is what Hip Hop sounds like. Couldn’t agree more with everything Timbaland said in his verse!

These two need to grow up and stop with all the gimmicks and crazy outfit, act their age and put out good music or disappear…I feel like they’re playing with our emotions all these non factors when they announce their come backs, get us all exited, then the muzick is wack af….Gwen Stefani did that…ugh

These songs are FIRE! Str8 bars to a hot beat with a mad production! Did yall really think Missy would come out with something stupid just to make a buck? This is the difference between an artist and a fraud! Missy and Timbo put a 100% into everything they touch and never lets there fan base down using gimmicks and toys! While yall praise rappers that steal everything that has been done before Missy and Timbo are about to make yall remember how we got here!

Of course you’ll find something negative to say b/c this site obviously favors Nikki and ALL the current **** that is flooding the airwaves right now. I LIKE that it sounds dated b/c I for one am SICK AND TIRED of what you sheep deem as a “current style” in reference to what’s Hot to listen to which IMO ALL sounds the same. SO it is refreshing that I can cut the radio on and hear something that doesn’t sound like EVERYTHING else that’s out right now. I personally LOVED the 90’s and EARLY 2000 sound so if Miss and Tim want to reference that as inspiration or stay TRUE to their roots than I AM ALL FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LEGOOOO MISS!!!!! The songs are BOTH on iTunes everyone go SUPPORT!!!!!

Im so happy Missy is back cuz im soooo sick of that weird fake booty pop underwear wearing B**** that stole Kim&Missy style. Ahhh breath of fresh air. All i need is for missing to make 1 of her signature video for the 1st track. Cant wait for eve to come back too.

LOL @ “here goes the honesty”. “Especially, considering the type of Hip Hop that is getting played on the radio nowadays.

That’s because it’s not Hip hop, it’s Hip POP. The mess on the radio today is garbage. Missy’s music is timeless and there’s no doubt about that. I downloaded NM’s Pink Friday and got pissed at myself for wasting harddrive space. Yes I deleted that mess. I have gladly paid for Missy’s music and will be buying this album. I’ll take Missy’s genuine talent any day over NM’s nursery rhymes, plastic surgery, neon wigs, robot suits, insults against the black community aka GIMMICKS. It’s old and tired. Missy stayed true to her sound, that’s why you called it “dated”, yet if she changed her sound you’d be calling her out for it. C’mon! Yet NM’s early mixtapes sound nothing like Pink Friday.

Missy can go away for years and still be wanted all while people who know what music sounds like are begging for NM to GO AWAY. She can’t leave and come back to a career and she knows that.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but this article proves you all are clearly on Roman’s (d)(i)(c)(k).

Yo I LOVEEE MISSY & instead of saying that Triple Threat is dated, she coulda just said she didnt like it as much. I personally like 9th inning not Triple Threat just as songs period! 9th inning just gave me that feeling instantly that I get when I like a song. u can always tell right away if you like a song unless its drilled in ya head with radio.

Post writers you’re trippin’ man. I said it before and I’ll say it again: Y’all have become so accustomed to the doo doo that’s churned out and passes as music nowadays. Which allows the musically challenged to become chart toppers soooo easily. Solid beat, lyrics that make some damn sense, actual choruses with more than one repetitive line that’s usually DRUMMED into the psyche. What is to be faulted about this? I applaud artists who put actual thought and effort into their artwork instead of the disposable fast food music certain individuals make for monetary gain. I welcome you back Missy and I looked forward to music you will be dropping for our future enjoyment. Cheers!

Well…Nicki does have someone to worry about….Azealia Banks…she’s comin for Nicki’s spot…she’s already big in the U.K. plus she got a co-sign from Kanye and other big names..she’s got huge hype behind her..and she’s younger AND better than Nicki…she’s one step away (a huge worldwide hit record)…then Nicki’s done….shipped back to Mattel with the other recalled Barbies : )

Azealia Banks is not gonna be big if she sticks to her current sound. She raps nonsense that nobody understands. But she has mad potential. Nicki had it right the first time with her first album but fame got into her head and I don’t like her now. I would like to see her eat a humble pie. She’s not big in the UK but there are atleast people and radio stations that pay attention to her there but she is not big there.

I have come to the conclusion that my expectations are too high and very few maybe handful of artists out today that can deliver to my expectations and exceed them. I did not like both the songs.Now I am waiting for Kendrick, Eve and Lil Kim. they better not dissapoint me.

Its about Time!!!! Love love Missy:))))
I ant wait till the cd drops:))) like that track right there!!
It kinda sound like something DrDre produced!! I’m from the West Coast , so I likey:)))
I’m big fan of Missy , Timb and the beautiful Angel Aaliyah !!!!
Missy bring some of that “” Get ur Freak On””” type of music!! Love it
@ Shawn , I feel the same way over here:)))

okay. i listened to both. Missy, Tim, and Aaliyah music was part of my high school soundtrack (31). and, well….i’m kinda disappointed. i liked Missy’s rhymes, but why did her flow sound like some Drake/2 Chainz sh*t? i like Drake (f*ck a thug!) but i don’t get 2 chainz…..okay, i’m getting off topic. the songs were lackluster, Tim’s chorus in the second song is kinda cheesy, and ****** WHY IS MISSY ELLIOT SINGING ON EITHER ONE OF THESE TRACKS?!?!?!?!?!?!!????!?!? they aren’t a total loss, but i’m not about to buy this or down load for free. i am so hoping that they come with something better because they CAN. until then….i will gladly watch this on youtube when i’m bored.

I like the new tracks!! As soon as it dropped I felt like I was dancing. Timbaland’s sound has always been one to get me excited about music. I really don’t understand some who r on here talking about “evolve with the times” or whatever because Timbaland’s sound has always been ahead of everyone else. Why do you think international fans have never stopped rocking w/ Timb? They appreciate real art. These producers wish they could create like Timb while these teenie boppers are loving the “dumbed down movement” as i like to call it where artist get on make millions recreate others style, delivery, everything and producers sample everything. You too can be a multi platinum recording artist today…just follow the formula of the good business ppl that aren’t so talented. This pop blend that all artist nowadays are trying to call a “new sound” ain’t really nothing new. Blending of genres is something Timb always brought to hiphop & r&b in the late 90’s. Missy and Timb ran BET and MTV in the 90s. Ppl need to just cut their own ears off and shut up (“at the same dam^ time”). If you don’t like the music keep it moving because so many of us are tired of the **** radio plays we want to hear the real music the real talents come back. All you Drake/Minaj Stans need to SAT DOWN! U don’t need to make a comment..exit stage left!! Give these legends the stage!!

I’m trying to figure out why is their any comparisons anyone else w/ Missy or Timb!? Missy has always done her own thing and other producers wish they were Timbaland .. a producer that doesn’t have sample on every track but actually creates masterpieces from scratch. Get out of here w/ that shade! Let’s go Missy & Timbaland .. have a seat on the throne where u belong!!

Do you all even REMEMBER the 90s? This does not sound like the 90s. It doesnt sound like now. It’s on its own wavelength. Just like their stuff was on their own wavelength back in the day.

If ure saying by saying ” it sounds 90s” that the beat sounds strong and rhythmic and still has some of timb’s style in it then ok you have a point. Its a strong sound. But timb didn’t make beats like THIS back in the 90s. He’s evolved ( or devolved depending on how u feel). Just spin it again and take a listen.

You guys go on a blog and WHATEVER the blogger is saying you all are on their nuts.

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